1937 in South Africa

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1934 1935 1936 « 1937 » 1938 1939 1940
List of years in South Africa

Events

February

• 1 – The Aliens Act No. 1 is promulgated, restricting and regulating the entry of certain aliens into the Union of South Africa and regulating the right of any person to assume a surname.

April

• 5 – Sir Patrick Duncan is appointed the 6th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.

Births

• 21 April – Ben Mzimkulu Macala, artist, is born in Bloemfontein.
• 1 June – Ezrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae, artist, is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg.
• 18 September – Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, politician, is born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State.

Railways

Locomotives

Four new locomotive types, three steam and one electric, enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):

• The first of 235 Class 19D 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives.^{[1][2][3]:72–73}
• A single Class 21 2-10-4 Texas type steam locomotive.^{[2]:73–76[3]:74–75[4]:37}
• The first of thirty-four Class NG G16 narrow gauge 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type Garratt articulated locomotives.^{[3]:107, 109–110[4]:126–127}
• Three German-built 3 kV DC Class 2E electric locomotives.^[5]

References

1. South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2’0” & 3’6” Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended
2. Holland, D.F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 93–96. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
3. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869772112.
4. Durrant, A E (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, London: David & Charles. ISBN 0715386387.
5. South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 2’0” & 3’6” Gauge, circa 1940, as amended